CVE-2026-68403
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup
brcmf_sdio_probe() stores the newly allocated bus in sdiodev->bus before
allocating the ordered workqueue. If that allocation fails, the function
jumps to fail and calls brcmf_sdio_remove().
brcmf_sdio_remove() unconditionally cancels bus->datawork. Initialize the
work item before the first failure path that can reach brcmf_sdio_remove(),
so the cleanup path always observes a valid work object.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by
manual review of the probe error path and the remove-time work drain. The
problem pattern is an early setup failure that reaches a cleanup helper
which cancels an embedded work item before its initializer has run.
A QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail at the same point in
brcmf_sdio_probe(), before INIT_WORK(&bus->datawork) is reached. The
resulting fail path calls brcmf_sdio_remove(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reports
the invalid work drain with brcmf_sdio_probe() and brcmf_sdio_remove() in
the stack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The SDIO driver fails to initialize data work structures before cleanup, potentially causing resource management issues.
- Who is affected
- Systems using Broadcom brcmfmac WiFi driver.
- Urgency
- Low; CVSS 2.5 indicates minimal impact.
- Action
- Update brcmfmac driver to patched version when next available.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.18% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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